Benutzer:Gustav Broennimann/Schablonenschrift

Englisch = Stencil (typeface)

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{{Infobox font | name = Stencil | style = [[Serif]] | classifications = [[Display]] | image = StencilSp.svg|Stencil | style = [[Sans Serif]] | classifications = Display | creator = [[R. Hunter Middleton]], [[Gerry Powell]] | commissioned_by = | foundry = [[Ludlow Typograph]], [[American Type Founders]] | foundries = | creationdate = | releasedate = [[1937]] | trademark = | based_on = [[Clarendon (typeface)|Clarendon]] | aka = | variations = | sample = | shown_here = | sample_fullimage = }}

Stencil refers to two typefaces released within months of each other in 1937. The face created by R. Hunter Middleton for Ludlow was advertised in June, while Gerry Powell's version for American Type Founders appeared one month later. Both fonts consist of only capital letters with rounded edges and thick main strokes, much like a Clarendon typeface, except with breaks in the face to give it the appearance of the stenciled alphabets used on boxes and crates.

Digital Copies

Stencil has been copied by many digital producers, including Linotype GmbH, Adobe, URW. As the A.T.F. version is heavier, it is often called Stencil Bold when copied.

In 1997, Alexei Chekulaev made a Cyrillic version of Stencil Bold, called Stencil Cyrillic Regular.

In Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder, the entry Stencil Bold shows the existence of a lowercase letters in the font that are unavailable from either actual type foundries or the producers of digital type.

In popular culture

Stencil is a common font for army-themed displays, including The A-Team television series. It is also used as the font for the logo for the Disney TV show Recess.

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